We have been successful in a grant application for transfer of Innovation with partners in Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany and Spain. This 367,000 Euro project together with 250,000 Euros of private investment will in part fund qualifications and support materials for OOo that reference to the new EQF. For example, we are currently mapping Gabriel Gurley's OOo Moodle course content to the UK National Occupational standards with a view to incorporating a revised version of the INGOT IT qualifications to support the IT User National Vocational Qualification (ITQ) and European Qualifications Framework (EQF) as well as the UK schools National Curriculum. We will extend the UK national accreditation to other countries starting with Romania.
We have grant applications to take the innovative assessment pedagogies of the INGOTs to maths for computer science and software development. We are working with the UK Sector Skills Council for Business and IT, the UK Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency, the Open Source Consortium of companies, and the Computing at Schools Group to design qualifications that will increase take up of computing particularly pre-university that will in turn increase the number of CS undergraduates. While not directly related to OOo, producing more CS graduates and teaching them about open systems is aimed at increasing the number of potential Open Source developers particularly at undergraduate level and so this strategy should have a beneficial effect on the OOo project. Regards, -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
